| Class NF flat wagons, NFB bolster wagon and NFC cement wagons |
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WAGR Official builders photo of NF22879 (RHWA collection) The NF class was the standard post war flat wagon built on the 18'-0" underframe. A total of 56 were built In 1953 22871-22885 entered service followed by 22851-22870 in 1956. The WAGR outline diagram for the NF is shown below.
Further construction was by conversion from other classes as follows: |
| 1960 | 22801-22812 ex CXB (17695, 17403, 17543, 17404, 17633, 17556, 17599, 17576, 17513, 17498, 17445) |
| 1965 | 22751-3 ex NC
17575, 17601, 17606, 17661, 17689 ex CXB 21514 ex HC |
| 1966 | 20621 ex BE |
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In 1956 a group of 9 wagons were converted to carry cement containers (22851, 22854, 22855, 22867, 22869, 22872, 22875, 22878, 22884) and reclassified NFC. In 1961 they were all converted back to NF standard. The WAGR outline diagram for the NFC is shown below.
The class was written off as follows: |
| 1959 | 22882 written off |
| 1973 | 22808, 22877 written off |
| 1975 | 17661, 22853 written off |
| 1977 | 22804 written off |
| 1981 | 22874, 22881 written off |
| 1982 | 17575 written off |
| 1983 | 22807, 22810, 22811, 22855, 22857, 22865, 22884 written off |
| 1985 | 22806 written off |
| 1986 | 22751, 22752, 22852, 22859, 22866 written off |
| 1987 | 17606, 22801, 22802, 22803, 22851, 22860, 22861, 22863, 22870, 22872, 22873, 22875, 22878, 22879, 22885 written off |
| 1988 | 17601, 17689, 21514, 22753, 22805, 22809, 22854, 22856, 22858, 22862, 22864, 22866, 22868, 22869, 22871, 22876, 22883 written off |
| 1990 | 20621, 22812, 22867 written off |
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Number 22882 was presumably an accident victim but most of the rest survived until the end of general goods traffic on the W.A.G.R.
Other Flat Wagons The W.A.G.R.'s flat trucks were classes NA , NC, NFA, NO, NV and NW |
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